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Best Applied Psychology journals

258 Scopus-active journals are ranked in Applied Psychology. The top 100 by CiteScore percentile are listed below — 65 of them sit in quartile Q1. Every title links to a full profile with Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, DOAJ and open-access details.

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# Journal CiteScore Percentile Quartile WoS ABDC OA
1 Annual Review of Organizational Psychology and Organizational Behavior 61.8 99th Q1 SSCI A* No
2 Human Resource Management Review 32.6 99th Q1 SSCI A No
3 Technological Forecasting and Social Change 30.5 99th Q1 SSCI A No
4 Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics 21.8 98th Q1 SCIE, SSCI – No
5 International Review of Sport and Exercise Psychology 21.6 98th Q1 SSCI – No
6 Leadership Quarterly 19.1 97th Q1 SSCI A* No
7 Psychology and Marketing 17.7 97th Q1 SSCI A No
8 Trauma, Violence, and Abuse 16.7 97th Q1 SSCI – No
9 Work and Stress 15.1 96th Q1 SSCI A No
10 International Journal of Consumer Studies 15 96th Q1 SSCI A No
11 Human Resource Management 15 95th Q1 SSCI A* No
12 Journal of Applied Psychology 15 95th Q1 SSCI A* No
13 Social Issues and Policy Review 15 95th Q1 SSCI – No
14 Personnel Psychology 14.8 94th Q1 SSCI A* No
15 Human-Computer Interaction 14.6 94th Q1 SCIE A No
16 Journal of Organizational Behavior 14.2 93th Q1 SSCI A* No
17 Human Factors 12.7 93th Q1 SCIE, SSCI – No
18 Organizational Psychology Review 12.4 93th Q1 SSCI A No
19 Journal of Consumer Psychology 12.3 92th Q1 SSCI A* No
20 Psychological Medicine 12.2 92th Q1 SCIE, SSCI – No
21 Applied Psychology 11.4 92th Q1 SSCI A No
22 Group and Organization Management 11.3 91th Q1 SSCI A No
23 Personnel Review 11.3 91th Q1 SSCI A No
24 Journal of Environmental Psychology 10.9 90th Q1 SSCI A No
25 Journal of Business and Psychology 10.6 90th Q1 SSCI A No
26 Assessment 10.4 90th Q1 SSCI – No
27 European Journal of Psychological Assessment 10.4 89th Q1 SSCI B No
28 Journal of Occupational Health Psychology 10.4 89th Q1 SSCI A No
29 Body Image 10.3 88th Q1 SSCI – No
30 Journal of Vocational Behavior 10.2 88th Q1 SSCI A* No
31 Journal of Consumer Behaviour 10.1 88th Q1 SSCI A No
32 European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology 9.7 87th Q1 SSCI A No
33 European Journal of Psychology Applied to Legal Context 9.5 87th Q1 SSCI – Yes
34 Journal of Career Development 9.3 87th Q1 SSCI B No
35 Behavioural Public Policy 8.5 86th Q1 ESCI – No
36 Journal of Applied Sport Psychology 8.3 86th Q1 SCIE, SSCI A No
37 Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts 8.3 85th Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
38 Journal of Interpersonal Violence 8.1 85th Q1 SSCI – No
39 Media Psychology 7.8 85th Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
40 Cognition and Instruction 7.7 84th Q1 SSCI – No
41 Computers in Human Behavior Reports 7.7 84th Q1 ESCI – Yes
42 Small Group Research 7.6 83th Q1 SSCI A No
43 Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour 7.6 83th Q1 SSCI A No
44 Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes 7.5 83th Q1 SSCI A* No
45 International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology 7.4 82th Q1 SSCI – No
46 Games and Culture 7.3 82th Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
47 Psychology of Religion and Spirituality 7.2 81th Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
48 Educational and Psychological Measurement 7.1 81th Q1 SCIE, SSCI A No
49 Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking 7.1 81th Q1 SSCI – No
50 Health Psychology 7 80th Q1 SCIE, SSCI – No
51 Journal of Applied Behavioral Science 6.9 80th Q1 SSCI B No
52 Psychosocial Intervention 6.9 80th Q1 SSCI – Yes
53 Organizational Dynamics 6.8 79th Q1 SSCI A No
54 Psychology and Health 6.8 79th Q1 SSCI – No
55 Industrial and Organizational Psychology 6.8 78th Q1 SSCI B No
56 Applied Developmental Science 6.7 78th Q1 SSCI – No
57 Psychology of Sport and Exercise 6.7 78th Q1 SCIE, SSCI – No
58 Applied Psychology: Health and Well-Being 6.4 77th Q1 SSCI – No
59 Mindfulness 6.3 77th Q1 SSCI – No
60 Journal of Cognitive Engineering and Decision Making 6.2 76th Q1 ESCI – No
61 Journal of Trust Research 6 76th Q1 ESCI B No
62 Psychology, Health and Medicine 6 76th Q1 SCIE, SSCI – No
63 American Journal of Community Psychology 6 75th Q1 SSCI – No
64 Journal of Health Psychology 6 75th Q1 SSCI – No
65 Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis 5.9 75th Q1 SSCI – No
66 Psychosomatic Medicine 5.9 74th Q2 – – No
67 British Journal of Health Psychology 5.7 74th Q2 SSCI – No
68 Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology 5.6 73th Q2 SSCI A* No
69 Behavioral Medicine 5.6 73th Q2 SCIE, SSCI – No
70 Methods, Data, Analyses 5.6 73th Q2 ESCI – Yes
71 Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science 5.5 72th Q2 SSCI – No
72 Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development 5.5 72th Q2 SSCI – No
73 Journal of Managerial Psychology 5.5 71th Q2 SSCI B No
74 Psychology and Sexuality 5.4 71th Q2 SSCI – No
75 International Journal of Selection and Assessment 5.3 71th Q2 SSCI A No
76 Motivation Science 5.3 70th Q2 SSCI – No
77 Nature and Science of Sleep 5.3 70th Q2 SCIE – Yes
78 Neuropsychological Rehabilitation 5.3 69th Q2 SCIE – No
79 Applied Psychophysiology Biofeedback 5.2 69th Q2 SSCI – No
80 Stress and Health 5.1 68th Q2 SCIE, SSCI A No
81 European Journal of Investigation in Health, Psychology and Education 5.1 68th Q2 ESCI – Yes
82 International Journal of Behavioral Medicine 5 68th Q2 SSCI – No
83 Psychology of Popular Media 5 68th Q2 SSCI – No
84 Psychology of Men and Masculinity 5 67th Q2 SSCI – No
85 Translational Behavioral Medicine 5 67th Q2 SCIE, SSCI – No
86 Journal of Economic Psychology 4.9 66th Q2 SSCI A No
87 Journal of the Association for Consumer Research 4.9 66th Q2 ESCI B No
88 Journal of Black Psychology 4.9 66th Q2 SSCI – No
89 Rehabilitation Counseling Bulletin 4.8 65th Q2 SSCI – No
90 Sport, Exercise, and Performance Psychology 4.8 65th Q2 SSCI – No
91 Ecopsychology 4.7 64th Q2 ESCI – No
92 International Journal of Wellbeing 4.7 64th Q2 – – Yes
93 Journal of Counseling and Development 4.7 64th Q2 SSCI – No
94 Journal of Media Psychology 4.6 63th Q2 SSCI – No
95 Legal and Criminological Psychology 4.6 63th Q2 SSCI – No
96 Anuario de Psicologia Juridica 4.5 62th Q2 SSCI – Yes
97 Mental Health and Physical Activity 4.5 62th Q2 SSCI – No
98 Psychological Services 4.5 62th Q2 SSCI – No
99 Journal of Personnel Psychology 4.5 61th Q2 SSCI B No
100 Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition 4.5 61th Q2 SSCI – No

Rank and percentile are within the Applied Psychology Scopus subject table (CiteScore 2025, dataset 2026-06-09). A journal can rank differently in its other subject areas — open its profile for the full picture.

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